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Archive n° 671 - 11/18/2004

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Jacques Chirac's Stopover in Tripoli

Postponed on one occasion, Jacques Chirac's visit to Libya will turn out to be a mere stopover on Nov. 24-25 as the French president makes his way to the 10th summit of French-speaking countries in Ouagadougou between Nov. (...) [359 words] [$7]

ALGERIA

Algeria: Debt Warning

After the bankruptcy of several private banks like Khalifa the government has issued a warning to state-owned banks about their non-performing loans. (...)

algiers

CHINESE SET TO BUILD PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE

Maghreb Confidential understands that the government has contracted Chinese builders to construct president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's new headquarters and the foreign ministry's offices near the Palais de la Culture on the hills overlooking Algiers. (...) [49 words] [$2,1]

FOREIGN AUDITORS NEED NOT APPLY

Algeria's parliament has rejected a measure in the country's 2005 budget that would have allowed foreign auditors to operate in Algeria. (...) [54 words] [$2,1]

GRIEVANCES OF FRENCH SERVICE COMPANIES

Restrictions on the convertibility of the dinar have begun to grate seriously on French service companies which feel particularly punished by the curbs. (...) [66 words] [$2,1]

SQUARE-OFF BETWEEN WATANIYA AND ORASCAM

The mobile telephone firm Wataniya Telecom Algeria (WTA) has complained to the Agence de Regulation de la Poste et des Telecommunications about ? (...) [57 words] [$2,1]

rabat

WAR ON COUNTERFEITERS

Long a haven for dodgy firms which make fake goods, Morocco has bent to pressure from the U. (...) [118 words] [$2,1]

ATTIJARIWAFA BANK TO RIVAL BENJELLOUN IN SENEGAL

The Attijariwafa Bank that was formed out of the merger between BCM and Wafabank in 2003 is going to open a branch in Senegal. (...) [125 words] [$2,1]

tunis

LINEUP FOR CEREALS SHOW

More is now known about a meeting to be staged by France Exports Cereales (FEC) in Tunis on Nov. (...) [115 words] [$2,1]

IMBANK WINS DATA TRANSFER CONTRACT

The Tunisian investment bank International Maghreb Merchant Bank headed by Afif Chelbi has won the tender for a contract to supervise the award of a national data transfer license. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

NEW US/TRIPOLI TIE NEXT YEAR

... (...) [96 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	LIBYA
	ONE NINE GROUP
	ONE NINE GROUP and NORTH STAR GROUP, new Libyan private holding companies, are to invest in various sectors in coming months, such as agri-businesses and services. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	NEDJMA
	NEDJMA, an Algerian mobile telephone operator, is finding it hard to top the l00,000 subscriber mark despite attractive rates. (...) [35 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	CGX
	CGX in France is going to manage the fleet of trucks of the Cevital company (sugar, table oil, butter) owned by millionaire Issaad Rabrab. (...) [40 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	FRANPRIX
	FRANPRIX has opened a supermarket at Staoueli in the western suburbs of Algiers. (...) [47 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	THALES
	THALES is competing with Sagem in Morocco for a contract to manufacture the country's future biometric ID card. (...) [68 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	ALGIERS SHERATON
	ALGIERS SHERATON was requisitioned by the government in advance of the NEPAD summit. (...) [30 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	DIMENSION DATA
	DIMENSION DATA (Belgium) is going to supply and install an Internet access system for Algeria's post and information technologies ministry under a $2. (...) [30 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	MOROCCO
	MOHAMMED FIKRAT
	The chief executive officer of the sugar refining company Cosumar (ONA group), Abdelaziz Abarro, has resigned after being assigned to new functions in Managem, the mining branch of ONA. (...) [73 words] [$2,1]


	UNITED STATES/TUNISIA
	CHAFIKA CHAMAS
	... (...) [94 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	SAID ANANE
	The managing director for employment at the Algerian employment ministry, Said Anane, will participate in a meeting concerning Algeria in Paris on Dec. (...) [111 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	PATRICK DEVEDJIAN
	French industry minister Patrick Devedjian, who was due to visit Algiers in late November, has put back his trip, according to our sources. (...) [46 words] [$2,1]